[INDEX.]
INDEX.
Abel and Cain, [267]
Abraham, [197]
—— stones can become the children of, [137]
—— promises made to, [169]
—— foretold the coming of the Messiah, [213]
—— above revelation, [261]
Absolutions without signs of regret, [294], [295]
Academicians, [110], [184]
Action, we must look beyond the, at our past, [315]
Actions, virtuous, all crimes have found place among, [61]
Acuteness, loss of, [100]
Adam, [126]
—— witness of the Messiah, [169], [174]
—— his glorious state, [193]
—— tradition from, [201]
—— the first and the second, [231]
Admiration spoils everything, [58]
Advent of Jesus Christ, [133]
Advents, the two, characters of each of them, [132]
Agamemnon, [173]
Age, its influence on judgment, [27]
Agitation, in seeking repose we are only seeking, [34]
Agony of Jesus Christ, [231]
—— —— lasts even to the end of the world, [231]
Alexander, compared to Cæsar, [41]
—— his chastity, [74]
—— and his successors, foretold by Daniel, [144]
—— working unconsciously for the Gospel, [147]
—— Jaddus and, [227]
Amos, translation of a passage in, [155]
Ananias, [271]
Animals, mind and instinct of, [313]
Annat, Father, [289]
Antichrist, his miracles foretold by Jesus Christ, [259]
—— he will speak openly against God, [263]
—— conclusions we may draw from his miracles, [267]
Apocalyptics, the, [166]
Apostles, their miracles, [119]
—— foresaw heresies, [128]
—— gave us the key to interpretation of the Old Testament, [159]
—— hypotheses that they were deceived or deceivers, [223]
—— and Exorcists, [267]
Apple, the golden, [173]
Archesilas, the sceptic, [63]
Archimedes, his greatness, [228]
Arians, their doctrine, [274]
Aristotle, [78]
Arius, the miracles of his time, [267]
Artisan, an, who dreams, [109]
Astrology, folly of, [75]
Atheism, often produced by a false knowledge of the world's judgment, [7]
—— mark of force of mind only to a certain degree, [111]
Atheists, carelessness of, monstrous, [4]
—— two kinds of, [4]
—— their reasoning, [5]
—— are despicable, [8]
—— feelings they should inspire in true Christians, [8], [12]
—— ought to say things perfectly clear, [111]
—— their objections against the Resurrection, [223]
—— to pity and revile, [253]
Athens, [120]
Atom, man is but an, [5]
Augustin, Saint, quoted, [80], [160]
—— what he says of miracles, [261]
—— authority of his opinion, [296]
Augustus compared to Julius Cæsar, [41]
—— what he said on hearing of the Massacre of the Innocents, [221]
Authors, their vanity misplaced, [315]
—— how to understand the meaning of, [167]
Babylon, carrying away into, [122]
—— the rivers of, [243]
Babylonians, the, [127]
Barcoseba, [221]
Barjesus, [264]
Barreaux, Des, [113]
Bauny, Father, quoted, [291]
Beatitude, the eighth, [252]
Beauty, to love on account of, is not love, [80]
—— certain kind of, which suits our nature, [301]
—— poetical, what is meant by this, [304]
Belief, three means of, [251]
—— labour to come to, [99]
—— what should be the rule of, [308]
Benedictines, the, [282]
Bible, the most ancient book, [120]
Birth an advantage, [71]
Blame and praise, [58]
Blood, circulation of the, taken as an example, [309]
Bodily functions, [31]
Body, relation of, to its members, [237]
Bourseys, M., [280]
Brave deeds, which are the most estimable, [58]
Brisacier, Father, [282]
Brutes, no admiration for each other, [58]
Cabala, proofs of Jesus Christ by the, [157]
Cæsar, Julius, [147]
—— compared to Augustus and Alexander, [41]
Calvin, [266]
Calvinists, their errors, [298]
Canonical books, proved by the heretical, [289]
Carnal, those who are, [242]
Carthusian compared to a soldier, [74]
Casuists, the faithful cannot reasonably follow their maxims, [277]
—— cannot assure an erring conscience, [293]
—— with reference to the reason and the will, [293]
—— allow free action to lust, [293]
—— their doctrines, [295]
Catholics and heretics, [267]
Celsus, [116], [214]
Champaign, taken as a comparison, [32]
Chancellor, taken as an example, [55]
Chances, doctrine of, [80], [98]
Characters, Christian and human, [245]
Charity and lust, [128]
—— sole aim of the Scripture, [170]
—— is not a figurative precept, [170]
—— supernatural distance of mind from, [227]
—— its superiority to minds and bodies, [228]
—— truth without, is but the image of God, [250]
Charron, estimate of his work, [17]
Children frightened at the face they have daubed, [57]
China, [299]
—— thoughts on, [115]
—— history of, [117]
—— religion of, [119]
Chinese, their histories, [173]
Choice, that we must make a, between belief and unbelief, reasons for each alternative, [98]
Christ, contradictory predictions concerning, [136]
—— promised and awaited from the beginning of the world, [197]
—— came in the fulness of time, [197]
Christianity, in what it consists, [250]
—— changes wrought at its coming, [134]
—— elevates and abases man, [187]
Christians astonish philosophers, [43]
—— true, [71]
—— are the free children of God, [122]
—— should look on themselves as members of a body, [237]
—— how the example of the martyrs touches a true, [238]
—— two kinds of, [242]
—— there are few true, [243]
—— their hopes are mingled with enjoyment and fear, [246]
—— happiness and virtues of true, [247]
—— should unite themselves to Jesus Christ in order not to be hateful to God, [247]
—— true, submit to folly, [247]
—— why they believe without having read the Gospels, [248]
—— who believe without proofs cannot persuade an infidel, though persuaded themselves, [249]
Church, true justice found in the, [67]
—— prefigured by the Synagogue, [176]
—— dangers it has run, [198]
—— the, when persecuted is like a vessel beaten about by a storm, [211]
—— that is a good state of the, in which it is upheld by God alone, [241]
—— her miracles against her enemies, [266]
—— ancient and modern, influence of tradition, [274]
—— comparison of what took place in ancient, and now, [275]
—— defended by God against corruption, [277]
—— unity and plurality of the, power of the Pope, [287]
—— judges of men by outward actions, [294]
—— power of the, in confession, compared to that of parliament, [294]
—— teaches, but God inspires, [294]
—— discipline of the, needs reform, [295]
Cicero, false beauties we admire in, [302]
—— quoted, [110]
Circumcision only a sign, [175]
Clearness, why religion does not possess it, [3]
Cleobuline, a character in a romance, [32]
Cleopatra, the nose of, [60]
Communing, secret, of man with himself, [46]
Compliments, dislike of, [315]
Composition of a work, [302]
Concupiscence, source of all our movements, [81]
Condition, our desires paint for us a happy, [74]
Condran, M. de, his opinions, [279]
Condrieu, the grapes of, [32]
Confession, auricular, defence of, [85]
—— joy and confidence felt after, [252]
Confessors of the great, [29]
Conscience, evil done sometimes by, [279]
Contradiction in man, [44], [60], [181]
—— does not prove that a thing is false, [210]
—— apparent, in Scripture, examples, [168]
—— between different passages of Scripture, [220]
Contrition is necessary in penitence, absolution not enough, [295]
Conversion, in what it consists, [245]
Copernicus, [101]
Corneille, quoted, [245]
Corruption of nature, one of the establishments of the Christian religion, [6]
—— of man, proved by the wicked and the Jews, [191]
—— those in, should know it, [255]
Covenant, foretold by Daniel, [144]
—— announced by Scripture, [168]
Craft, when power attacks it, [69]
Creatures, we should not attach ourselves to them, [240]
Cripples do not irritate us, [45]
Cromwell, reflections on his death, [76]
Cross, by it alone can we be saved, [187]
Curiosity is mere frivolity, [60]
Custom, a power, [69]
—— belief arising from, [77]
—— how established, may be upset, [62]
—— the creator of, [62]
—— a second nature which destroys the former, [64]
—— must be followed, [64]
—— is our nature, [65]
—— sways the automaton, which draws the intellect after, [77]
—— how useful to accustom us to truth, [77]
—— leads to a choice of occupation, [78]
Cypher, types are a, with a double sense, [158]
—— of the Scripture as given us by Saint Paul, [176]
Cyrus, [128], [147], [151]
Damned, the, condemned by their own reason, [296]
Dancing, why pursued, [35]
Daniel, the seventy weeks of, their calculation, [133], [143]
—— the little stone of, [136]
—— explanation of the dream of Nebuchadnezzar in, [141]
—— vision of the ram and he-goat in, [142]
—— his prophecy, [171]
Darius, King of the Persians, [144]
David, a single phrase of, [122]
—— the kingdom of his race foretold by all the prophets, [132]
—— witness of Christ, [140]
—— foretold the Messiah, [170]
Death, to be dreaded by those who are careless of religion, [5]
—— Montaigne's opinions on, [17]
—— fear of, [29]
—— the thought of, is harder to bear than death itself, [38]
—— feared Death, [232]
Degrees, why there are different, among men, [56]
Deism, almost as far removed from Christianity as atheism, [204]
Deluge is a miracle, [169]
Democritus, quoted, [21]
Demonstration, not the only means of persuasion, [79]
Demonstrations, not certain that there are true, [110]
De omni scibili, title of a thesis of Pico della Mirandola, [22]
Desargues, the grapes of, [32]
Descartes useless and uncertain, [304]
—— criticism of his opinions on the machine, [312]
Despair, knowledge of our wretchedness without that of God creates, [93]
Devoutness, different to goodness, [279]
Devil, the, troubled the zeal of the Jews, [122]
—— what is done by invocation of, no miracle, [257]
—— Jesus Christ destroyed the empire of the, over the heart, [269]
Dialogues, the arrangement by, [253]
Disciples and true disciples, difference between, [244]
Discourse, natural, inclined to love him who makes a, [302]
Discourses on humility, [76]
Disease, source of error in man, [54]
Disesteem, the fear we have of, of others, [44]
Disproportion of man, [19]
Disputes, ended by miracles, [267]
Diversion, [33]
—— is all that men can do for happiness, [34]
—— why men seek it, [34]
—— is the greatest of our miseries, [38]
—— the search for, proves that men are not happy, [38]
—— what is meant by, [255]
Diversity, root of, [67]
—— and uniformity, [283]
Divinity, proof of, by works of nature, [91]
Docility, too much, is a vice as natural as unbelief, [243]
Doctor, the, a character in the drama, [31]
Doctrine, a test of miracles, [257]
—— a false, cannot be proved by miracles, [264]
Doctrines, a multitude of, [138]
Dogmatists, their opinion on natural principles, [106]
Donatists, have no miracles, [261]
Doubt in religion is a great evil, [5]
Drama, life treated as a, [75]
Dream, life compared to a, [109]
Duties, divers, owed to divers merits, [68]
Eclipses, why it is said they presage misfortune, [75]
Egyptians, their religion, [119]
—— mean iniquities in the Bible, [171]
—— their histories, [173]
—— their conversion foretold by Isaiah, [175]
Elect, all things work together for good to the, [129]
Elijah and the false prophets, [267]
Eloquence, continuous, wearies, [39]
—— definition of, to be eloquent we must study the heart of man, [301]
—— is painted thought, [301]
—— there are those who speak well and write ill, [303]
Enemies, what must be understood by this word in the prophecies, [164], [170]
England, King of, [75]
Enquirers and the wise, [242]
Epaminondas as an example of valour and humanity, [30]
Epictetus, [72], [226]
—— his method of writing, [312]
Epicureans, [92]
Epigrams, a maker of, [81]
Equality of goods is just, [67]
Error, common, sometimes useful to calm the curiosity of man, [312]
Escobar, [275], [280]
Esdras, the story in, [126]
—— discussion on the book of, [126]
Establishment, greatness of, [79]
Eucharist, the, [165]
—— a type of glory, [170]
—— folly of not believing in the, reason, [224]
—— wholly the body of Jesus Christ, [299]
Eusebius, quoted on Esdras, [127]
Evangelists painted in Jesus Christ an heroic soul, [222]
Evidence for God, not in nature, [92]
Evil is easy, [59]
Examples, those which are taken as proof are often more difficult than what they are meant to prove, [308]
Exception, troublesome to be an, to the rule, [271]
Excuses sometimes bad, [315]
Exorcists, Jewish, beaten by devils, [264]
Experience, [26]
Expressions, false and tyrannical, examples of, [68]
Ezekiel, spoke evil of Israel, like the heathens, [289]
Faith, habit of, [65]
—— man without, cannot know the true good or justice, [95]
—— that we must give up pleasure in order to gain, [100]
—— wherein it consists, [193], [280]
—— is not in our power, [249]
—— is a gift of God, [250]
—— above the senses, but not contrary to them, [250]
—— received at baptism source of the whole life of the Christian, [250]
—— embraces contradictory truths, why, [273]
—— Pascal's profession of, [235]
Falsehood, man is only, duplicity, and contradiction, [76]
Fancy, called feeling by some, [309]
Fascination, [101], [165]
Faults, we should recognise them, [85]
Fear, to, and not to fear, [298]
—— a true, is born of faith, [252]
—— false, comes from doubt, [252]
Feeble souls, [289]
Figurative, that the Jewish law was, [167]
Finite, the, annihilated in presence of the infinite, [96]
Flattery, consequent on our desire not to know the truth, [86]
Fly, enough to render man incapable of sound judgment, [27]
Fool, a man believes he is a, by dint of telling him so, [46]
Forms, their value, [280]
Foundation, supernatural of our, [286]
—— of our faith, [115]
France, [56]
Francis Xavier, Saint, [278]
Frenchman, the, [80]
Friend, important to have a true, and to choose him well, [315]
Friendship only exists by concealment of truth, [86]
Frivolity of the world, little known, [41]
Fronde, injustice of the, [67]
Fundamentals, chapter on, [255]
Future, our thoughts occupied with the, [73]
Galilee, the word, pronounced by chance, caused the accomplishment of a mystery, [218]
Genealogies, the two, of Jesus Christ, [125]
Genealogy of Jesus Christ in Old Testament designedly mixed with others, [220]
Gentiles, their conversion foretold by Jesus Christ, [136], [214]
—— prophecy of Isaiah on conversion of, [147], [148]
—— conversion of the, reserved for the grace of the Messiah, [218]
Gentlemen, we never teach men to be, [78]
—— universal quality to be, [79]
Germans, the, [61]
Glory, the search after, is a mark of the vileness and excellence of man, [44]
—— sweetness of, [59]
God, a, who hideth himself, [3]
—— the greatest sensible mark of the power of, [19]
—— unites in himself two infinites, [22]
—— in, alone is our happiness, [39]
—— the, of the Christians, who he is, [92]
—— dangers which those run who seek, apart from Jesus Christ,
[93]
—— of Christians the only good, the only rest of the soul is in him, [93]
—— we may well know, without knowing what he is, [97]
—— that there is less risk in wagering that there is a, than that there is not, [98]
—— man without, is in ignorance and misery, [104]
—— of the philosophers, [111]
—— man of himself cannot come to, [114]
—— alone is master of the Jews, [122]
—— foresaw heresies, [128]
—— sometimes spoke by figures, [160]
—— the power of, shown by his conduct to Jewish people, [161]
—— idea of, that the true religion, should present, [179]
—— the Christian religion commands that we should love and follow, [182]
—— that in spite of our vileness it is not incredible that, should unite himself to us, [185]
—— reveals himself to, and hides himself from man, [193]
—— infinite, without parts, [205]
—— if, is the end he is the beginning, [206]
—— why, was hidden in his first advent, [207]
—— that, willed to hide himself, and that the religion which says so is true, [208]
—— chooses rather to sway the will than the intellect, [208]
—— why, has permitted many religions to exist, [212]
—— impossible and useless to know, without Jesus Christ, [226]
—— speaks rightly of God, [227]
—— we must love, only, [238]
—— we should spend our life either in pleasing or in seeking, [240]
—— exercises at once his mercy and his judgment to the world, [241]
—— has come to bring war among men, [246]
—— what is pleasing to, is usually displeasing to man, [246]
—— forbids some things implicitly, and not explicitly, [247]
—— can alone give faith to Christians, [249]
—— knowledge and love of, [252]
—— cannot lead men into error by miracles, [263]
—— cannot favour a doctrine which destroys the Church, [269]
—— foretold the disorders which the Church would undergo, [278]
—— heals those who know him, [280]
—— no sign ever given by Devil without a stronger sign on the part of, [286]
—— the heart is conscious of, not the reason, [307]
Good, almost unique, [59]
—— philosophers do not know what is the true, [181]
—— and evil, meaning of the words, [192]
Good birth, its advantages, [68]
Good breeding, [271]
Good sense, argument against scepticism, [110]
Gospel, prophecies cited in the, their use, [133]
—— the kings of old worked unconsciously for the glory of the, [147]
—— figures of the, their application, [160]
—— all the, has reference to Jesus Christ, [226]
Grace, its action on man, [108]
—— the figure of glory, [161]
—— law, and nature, [250]
—— needed to make a man a saint, [296]
—— opposed to nature, [296]
Grandeur to be felt must be abandoned, [40]
Great men and little have the same accidents, [75]
—— are allied to the people, [74]
Greatness, infinity of, most obvious to the senses, [21]
—— and littleness of man, [43]
—— of man consists in knowing he is miserable, [47]
—— of man even in sensuality, [69]
—— of the human soul consists in knowing how to keep the mean, [76]
—— has no lustre for those who seek understanding, [227]
Greece, [120]
Greek legislators, [121]
Greeks, [197], [222]
Grotius, [140]
Haggai, his prophecy, [156]
Happiness of man, in what it consists, [49]
—— all men seek, [95]
—— there was once in man a true, [95]
—— of man with God, [89]
—— common aim of ordinary men and of saints, but their ideals are different, [244]
Happy, why man cannot be, [74]
Hatred of self necessary, [238]
—— —— the true and only virtue, [240]
Heart and reason, comparison between actions of, [307]
—— those who judge by the, do not understand the process of reasoning, [308]
—— the, we know truth by, as well as by reason, [102]
—— believes for its own reasons, [307]
Heat, what it is, [313]
Hebrews, the, their manner of counting, [144]
Heel of a slipper, [58]
Hell, fear of, [100]
Heresies, the source of all, [273]
—— the way to hinder, [274]
—— various, [297]
—— foreseen by God, [128]
Heresy, exclusion of a truth a source of, [274]
Heretics, the Jesuits hinder their conversion, [281]
Herod, [147], [218], [221]
Hesiod, the book of, [121]
Hilary, Saint, [127], [278]
History, all that is not contemporaneous is open to suspicion, [174]
Holy Sacrament, Catholic and heretical doctrines on, [274]
Holy Thorn, the miracle of the, [257]
—— conclusion to be drawn from the miracle of the, [269]
Homer, quoted, [120]
Homer's writings, romances, [173]
Huguenots, their errors concerning the Pope, [288]
Hunting, sought for the diversion, [34]
—— is a royal sport, [35]
"I," the, consists in my thought, [76]
—— where does it reside, [80]
—— each, the enemy of all others, [84]
Identity of number and matter, [299]
Ignorance, natural, is the best wisdom of man, [83]
—— of man, [104]
Iliad, the, [173]
Illusion, all men under an, [71]
Imaginary life, the, [58]
Imagination, deceptive powers of the, [51]
—— faculty of, [51]
—— described, [51]
—— great complacency of the active, [52]
—— enlarges little objects and belittles the great, [56]
—— cords of, [56]
Immortality of the soul, importance to be sure of this, [101]
Impiety, ill-bred people only incapable of, [8]
Impressions, old, man deceived by, [54]
Inability of man to attain good, [95]
Incapacity to prove truth, [109]
Incarnation, the, shows man the greatness of his misery, [188]
Incomprehensible, things which appear such, [205]
Inconstancy of man, [26]
—— its causes, [31]
—— examples of, [79]
Indifference, unfairness of men who live in, as to the truth, [9]
Indifferent, the, in religion not to be despised, [8]
Indulgences, [274]
Inequality is necessary among men, but opens the door to tyranny, [68]
Infallibility would be a strange miracle, [288]
Infinite, nothing, [96]
—— ignorant of the nature of the, and why, [96]
Injustice of self-love, [239]
—— that others should attach themselves to us, [240]
—— letter on, [254]
Innocents, Massacre of the, [221]
Inquisition, the, and the Society, [284]
Insensibility of man, [12]
Instability, [101]
Instinct and experience, [26]
—— we have an, which raises us, [44]
—— and reason, marks of two natures, [44]
Intellect, the, believes naturally, [77]
Intelligence, place of human, in the order of intelligible things, [22]
Interest, our own, is a source of error, [54]
Irenæus, Saint, [127]
Isaac, [197]
Isaiah, translation of a passage of, [147]
—— translation of several prophecies of, [150]
—— foretold the Messiah, [154]
—— foretold that miracles would not be believed, [258]
Italy, [120], [148]
Jacob, [126]
—— his death-bed prophecy, [140]
—— foretold the coming of Jesus Christ, [197]
Jaddus, [227]
Jansenists, and the ancient saints, [275]
—— heretics, and Jesuits, [296]
Jansenius, [268]
Jeremiah, his prophecy concerning the reprobation of the Temple and the sacrifices, [149]
—— and Hananiah, [267]
—— explanation of a word in, [270]
Jesuits and Jansenists, [273]
—— destroy the three notes of religion, [275]
—— are like heretics, [275]
—— corrupt the laws of the Church, [276]
—— corrupt religion, [277]
—— compared to false prophets, [278]
—— their injustice and hypocrisy, [278]
—— their hardness greater than that of the Jews, [279]
—— vanity of the, [280]
—— in corrupting their judges they make them unjust, [282]
—— given up to the spirit of lying, [282]
—— exaggerated notion they have of their importance, [285]
—— it is good that their deeds should be unjust, [287]
—— their lax opinions displeasing because they have exceeded all bounds, [290]
—— duplicity of the, [292]
—— have abandoned the old rules and follow reason, compared to the unbelieving Jews, [292]
Jesus Christ, redemption by, one of the fundamentals of religion, [6]
—— apart from, man has no communion with God, [91]
—— the goal of all, and the centre to which all tends, [92]
—— knowledge of, [93]
—— difference between, and Mahomet, [116]
—— no man can do what, did, [116]
—— foretold by the Jewish people, [122]
—— used the order of charity, not of the intellect, [128]
—— foretold and announced by prophecies, [131]
—— small in his beginnings, [136]
—— betrayed, [140]
—— foretold as to the time and the state of the world, [147]
—— has given us the interpretation of the Old Testament cipher, [159]
—— prefigured by Joseph, [164]
—— in, all dissonances of Scripture are brought to harmony, [167]
—— according to carnal Christians, [172]
—— announced by Adam, [174]
—— proofs of the divinity of, [213]
—— came with all the circumstances foretold, [213]
—— no man has had so great renown, none enjoyed it less, [214]
—— all the glory of, for our sakes, to enable us to recognise him, [214]
—— the office of, [314]
—— foretold and foreteller, [215]
—— why, did not come in a visible manner, why in figures, [216]
—— has come to sanctify and to blind, [216]
—— we can have nothing but veneration for, [216]
—— special prophecies regarding, [217]
—— is the more to be loved in not having done as the rabbis said, [219]
—— not known by contemporary writers, [221]
—— clearness and simplicity of the language of, [222]
—— why, was weak in his agony, [222]
—— centre of the two Testaments, [226]
—— has made known to men their misery, and given the remedy, [226]
—— greatness and lowliness of, [228]
—— for all, [229]
—— compared to Moses, [229]
—— the redeemer of all, [230]
—— would not have the testimony of devils, [230]
—— why he would be put to death with the forms of justice, [230]
—— leaves the wicked in their blindness, [230]
—— alone in his agony, [231]
—— only once complained, [231]
—— considered in all persons and in ourselves, [234]
—— how, gives himself in communion, [234]
—— words of, to man, [235]
—— has adopted our sins, and admitted us into covenant with him, [247]
—— worked miracles as witnesses of the prophecies, [261]
—— has verified by his miracles that he was the Messiah, [262]
—— without the miracles not blameworthy not to believe in, [270]
—— the two natures of, source of contradictions, [273]
—— all faith consists in, and in Adam, [280]
—— came to bring war, [281]
—— a stone of stumbling, [283]
—— never condemned without a hearing, [283]
—— appeal to his tribunal from that of the Pope, [284]
—— did not die for all, heresy of, [296]
Jews, their situation in the midst of the world, [119]
—— their expectation of a Redeemer, [120]
—— the most ancient nation known to men, [120]
—— sprung from one man only, [120]
—— declared that all the world is in error, [121]
—— were slaves of sin, [122]
—— their dispersion, bore the prophecies into all regions of the world, [131]
—— were a carnal people, [162]
—— their religion the true, [162]
—— the prophecies interpreted by the, according to their carnal instincts, [163]
—— their refusal of Christ has given an additional mark of him, [164]
—— their explanation of Scripture defective, [167]
—— type of the chosen people, [169]
—— loved the shadow and misunderstood the substance, [170]
—— hold a midway place between Christians and pagans, [172]
—— two kinds of, [172]
—— antiquity of the, [173]
—— sincerity of the, proved by the care with which they preserved the Bible, [173]
—— formed to serve as witnesses of the Messiah, [174]
—— prove Christianity by their present condition, [191]
—— the religion of the true, is the same as that of Christians, [198]
—— in slaying Messiah afforded a final proof of him, [218]
—— their perpetuity and miserable state prove Jesus Christ, [219]
—— their second destruction will never end, [220]
—— bound to believe the miracles of Jesus Christ, [263]
—— the hardness of the Jesuits surpasses that of the, [279]
Job knew the misery of man, [45]
—— the book of, regards Jesus Christ as centre and object, [213]
John Baptist, Saint, [140], [230]
—— and Jesus Christ, [201]
Jonah, a sign of the resurrection, [266]
Joseph, son of Jacob, ordered that he should not be buried in Egypt, [141]
Josephus on the Jewish law, [120]
Joshua, the first of God's people who had this name, [213]
Judas, Jesus did not regard in, his enmity, [232]
Judge, authority of the, [65]
Judgment, instability of the, [27]
—— confusion of the judgment of man, [32]
—— and the intellect, [307]
Justice, what is the essence of, [62]
—— what is, [67]
—— of God, [96]
—— influenced by imagination and the passions, [53]
—— and truth, man cannot attain them, [54]
—— man is ignorant of, [61]
—— changes with the climate, [61]
—— human is not the true justice, [62]
—— is what is established, [64]
—— the false, of Pilate, [234]
—— of God, which abases the pride of man, [241]
Just man, takes for himself nothing of the world, [244]
—— compared to Abraham, [244]
—— acts by faith in the smallest things, [244]
—— takes part only in unpleasant things, [244]
King without diversion is full of miseries, [40]
—— man a discrowned, [47]
—— whence comes the respect paid a, [55]
—— on what the power of a, is based, [55]
—— and tyrant, [72]
—— what is the happiness of a, [34]
Kingships, duchies, and magistracies real and necessary, [76]
Knowledge of God our only good, [96]
—— intuitive, where it leads us, [19]
—— we should have of ourselves, [101]
Koran, foundation of the Mahomedan religion, [115]
—— and St. Matthew, [116]
Lacedæmon, [120]
Lacedæmonians, [238]
Lamech, [126], [197]
Language, examples of too careful, [304]
Latins, [197]
Latitude, three degrees of, [61]
Law, instance in which the, was justly violated, [297]
—— of the Jews, served as model for the best laws of antiquity, [121]
—— —— severe and rigorous as to religious worship, [121]
—— —— is figurative, [167]
—— Christian, foretold by the prophets, [135]
—— and grace, [250]
—— and nature, [250]
Laws, natural, there is not a single universal, [61]
—— why we follow ancient, [67]
Lessius, [291]
Letters, arrangement by, [253]
Liancourt, the frog and the pike of, [313]
Liars, some are, simply for lying's sake, [77]
Life, the frailest thing in the world, [12]
—— its short duration, [28]
—— the last act of, [75]
—— a perpetual illusion, [86]
—— compared to a dream, [105]
—— religious, both easy and difficult, [248]
Lingende, Father, [267]
Littleness of man, what we call nature in animals is, [47]
Logicians, [65]
Love, why it changes its object, [32]
—— shows the frivolity of man, [60]
—— representation of, at the theatre, [248]
—— source of faith, [289]
Lust, threefold division of, [243]
—— the three kinds of, have made three sects, [113]
Lusts, compared to three rivers, [243]
Lute, to be skilled in playing the, [72]
Machine, letter which shows the use of proofs by the, [254]
—— of Descartes; defects of this hypothesis, [312]
—— the calculating, compared to animals, [313]
Macrobius, [221]
Mad, men are of necessity, [78]
Magistrate, taken as an example of influence of imagination, [52]
—— the pomp with which they are surrounded, [53]
Mahomet, the soldiers of, [65]
—— thoughts on, [115]
—— foundation of his religion, [115]
—— difference between Jesus Christ and, [116]
—— forbade reading, [116]
—— renders testimony to himself, [116]
—— his doctrine is ridiculous, [117]
—— religion of, [119]
Maimonides, Moses, [157]
Malchus, [235]
Man, his ignorance, [5]
—— his destiny, [6]
—— unfairness of, in living indifferent to Religion, [9]
—— blindness of, [12]
—— worthlessness of, [13]
—— comparison between, and nature, [19]
—— presumption of, in wishing to know nature, [21]
—— thinks he is able to comprehend the infinitely little, [22]
—— must not look for certainty or stability, [23]
—— in order to know himself should know all that is in relation to him, [24]
—— the two natures of, bodily and spiritual, excludes us from the knowledge of nature, [24]
—— stamps with his complex being all simple things, [25]
—— twofold manner of considering the nature of, [26]
—— nature has placed, in the centre of things, [26]
—— all is fatal to, even those things made to serve him, [31]
—— whence comes his happiness, [33]
—— is surrounded with all that may divert him, [37]
—— cannot think of two things at once, [38]
—— seeks diversion as a remedy for his evils, [39]
—— knows not in what rank to place himself, [43]
—— cannot bear to be despised, [42]
—— vileness of, in that he submits himself to the brutes, [44]
—— neither angel nor brute, [45]
—— should know his greatness and his vileness, but not one without the other yet is contrary to God, [45]
—— is only a reed, but a reed which thinks, [46]
—— has fallen from a better nature, [47]
—— whole dignity of, lies in thought, [48]
—— what he should desire, [48]
—— is ignorant of true justice, [61]
—— is incapable of truth and of goodness, [66]
—— is full of wants, and cares only for those who can satisfy them, [75]
—— the honourable, [75]
—— is not a necessary being, [76]
—— automatic as well as intellectual, [77]
—— only disguise, falsehood, and hypocrisy, [87]
—— his defects and his incapacity, [106]
—— that he has fallen from his former state, [108]
—— is full of matters which take him out of self, [113]
—— ordinary life of, like that of the saints, [161]
—— can be happy only in loving God and in union with him, [179]
—— moral diseases of, [181]
—— isolation, blindness, and misery of, [183]
—— double nature of, [185]
—— should know his defects, and esteem that religion which promises precious remedies, [185]
—— should conform his sentiments to religion, [186]
—— his two states of grace and corruption proved from Scripture, [191]
—— his dignity while innocent and now, [194]
—— without Jesus Christ is in vice and misery, [226]
—— before Jesus Christ knew nothing of himself, [226]
—— is not worthy of God, but not incapable of being rendered worthy, [227]
—— often mistakes his imagination for his heart, [308]
—— cannot understand certain effects of nature,313
Martial, [81]
Marton, [192]
Martyrs, why the example of their deaths touches us, [238]
Masorah, the, [123]
Mathematics and the practical mind, [310]
Matter cannot know itself, [24]
Mediator, God cannot be known without a, [92]
—— without a, there can be no communion between God and man, [245]
Mediocrity, nothing good but, [76]
Mem, discussion on the subject, [166]
Members, relation of the, to the body, [237]
—— the body formed of thinking, [237]
—— must have the same will as the body, [239]
Memory is necessary for every operation of the reason, [309]
Men, naturally hate each other, [70]
—— epigram upon one-eyed, [81]
Mercy of God, its greatness, [208]
—— calls to repentance, [241]
—— why we implore, [241]
Merit, man's judgment of, [192]
—— an ambiguous word, [297]
Messiah, that the, should mould a new people by his spirit, [122]
—— effect and tokens of the coming of the, [135]
—— that the, would convert the Gentiles and cast down all idols, [136]
—— what the rabbis expected of him, [157]
—— that, would deliver his people from their enemies, what this means, [170]
—— the carnal Jews' understanding as to the, [172]
—— actual state of the Jews proves Jesus Christ the true, [191]
Mexico, the historians of, [118]
Millenarians, their extravagances, [166]
Mind and body, union of, a mystery to man, [25]
Mind, infinite distance between body and, [227]
Mine, thine, [68]
Miracles, in general, [257]
—— all belief rests on, [171]
—— strengthen faith, [210]
—— not needed to prove that we must love God, [241]
—— the importance of, rules to recognise them, [257]
—— are the test of doctrine, [257]
—— unbelief in, foretold, [258]
—— that the existence of false, proves that there are true, [259]
—— Jesus Christ verified that he was the Messiah by his, [262]
—— of Jesus Christ and the apostles prove that the prophecies are accomplished, [262]
—— never wrought in favour of error, [263]
—— when we are justified in excluding certain, [265]
—— are the test in doubtful matters, [266]
—— against miracle, [266]
—— of Port Royal prove the innocency of that house, [279]
—— not much to be feared among schismatics, [286]
Misery of man without God, [15]
—— man is only happy in not thinking of his, [38]
—— diversion is our greatest, [38]
Mites, taken as an example, [20]
Miton, [12], [84]
Molina, [276], [291]
Monks, their position in the world foolish, [282]
Monster, man is an incomprehensible, [46]
Montaigne, his defects and qualities, [17]
—— his opinion on custom, [64]
—— for and against miracles, [258]
Morality, in what it consists, [193]
—— of the judgment and of the intellect, [307]
Morals, science of, [82]
—— Jesuits judge of their faith by their, [290]
—— a special but universal science, [292]
Moses commanded every one to read his books, [115]
—— a man of genius, [125]
—— the proof of the truth of, [125]
—— foretold the calling of the Gentiles and the reprobation of the Jews, [140]
—— his teaching, [140]
—— his declarations against the Jews, [173]
—— his mystical sense of the Creation, [174]
—— compared with Jesus Christ, [229]
—— his rules for judging miracles, [257]
Motion, our nature exists by, [73]
Natural principles are but principles of custom, [64]
Nature offers nothing but matter for doubt and disquiet, [104]
—— comparison between Scriptures and, [128]
—— is an image of grace, [161]
—— perfections and defects of, [192]
—— canonical writers have never employed, to prove God, [205]
—— law, and grace, [250]
—— use of bad reasons for proving effects of, [309]
—— the feelings and language of atheists contrary to, [6]
—— man should consider, seriously and at leisure, [19]
—— majesty and greatness of, [19]
—— greatness in the infinitely little, [20]
—— has her double infinity from author of, [21]
—— immobility of, compared to us, [24]
—— reasons why man cannot know, [25]
—— of man a continual change, [63]
—— is not always subject to her own rules, [83]
—— imitates herself, [83]
Nebuchadnezzar, dream of, [141]
Nicodemus recognised Jesus Christ by his miracles, [262]
—— the answer of, to the Pharisees, [270]
Ninevites, repentance of, [241]
Noah, witness of the Messiah, [169]
Office of Jesus Christ, [214]
Offices, why men seek them, [33], [34]
Old Testament, a cipher, [117]
Opinion, queen of the world, [54]
Opinions of the people sound, [70]
Organs, men compared to, [26]
Order, against the objection that the Scripture has no, [128]
—— of charity and the intellect, [128]
Outward marks, men distinguished by them, [70]
Pain, not shameful to man to yield to, [30]
Painting, foolishness of, [314]
Parrot, as an example, [31]
Parties, we should hear both, [283]
Passions, their influence on man, [31]
—— the pleasure of, in seeing the shock of two contraries, [39]
—— of the soul trouble the senses, [51]
—— internecine war between reason and the, [55]
—— the enemies of man, [169]
—— how they become vices, [224]
Pattern, good and bad, [302]
Paul, Saint, used the order of charity, not of the intellect, [128]
—— taught that all things had happened in figures, [169]
—— explanation of Old Testament types by, [176]
—— his opinions on marriage, [176]
Paulus Emilius, an example, [47]
Peace, the sovereign good, result of coalescence of justice and power, [67]
—— should not be observed to the prejudice of truth, [279]
—— in the Church, when pernicious and unjust, [281]
Pelagians and Catholics will always exist, [296]
Penances, exterior and interior, [134]
—— exterior, dispose to interior, [134]
People, most, follow custom because they think it just, [64]
—— dangerous to say to, that laws are not just, [65]
—— have very sound opinions, [70]
Perpetuity of the worship of the Messiah, [213]
—— of the Jewish law preserved by Jesus Christ, [213]
Perseus, King of Macedon, [47]
Persians, the, [61]
Persons, three kinds of, in religion, [101]
Pharaoh, magicians of, [267]
Philosophers, they speak of material things in spiritual phrase and vice versâ, [25]
—— do not know our nature when they blame the search after diversion, [34]
—— falsity of those, who do not discuss the immortality of the soul, [111]
—— against those, who believe in God without Jesus Christ, [111]
—— their weakness, [179], [180]
—— have consecrated vices, [189]
Philosophy, human, incapable of explaining man, [106]
Pictures, rules for perspective, [27]
Piety, differs from superstition, [251]
Plato, [254]
Play, why sought after, [33]
—— remarks on, [35]
Pleasure, shameful to man to yield to, [30]
Poet, the trade of a, [79]
Poland, the king of, [75]
Portentum, meaning of the word, [270]
Pompey, [147]
Pope, whence he has his light, [276]
—— his power in the Church to be considered in two ways, [288]
—— may easily be taken unawares by the Jesuits, [288]
Porphyry, [116]
Port Royal, children of, [58]
—— bad policy to dissolve the community of, [284]
Power, tyrant of the world, [55]
—— creates opinion, [56]
—— without justice is tyrannical, [66]
—— why above justice, [67]
—— result of, [69]
Practical and mathematical mind, difference between, [310]
Prayer, why God has established, [297]
Preacher, the, [104]
Preadamites, their extravagances, [166]
Present, we care nothing for the, [73]
President, first, [69]
Presumption of man, [59]
—— joined to insignificance, [67]
Pride, a counterpoise to all miseries, [60]
—— makes us wish to be esteemed, [60]
—— knowledge of God without that of our wretchedness creates, [92]
—— finds its proper place in wisdom, [242]
Primogeniture, [63]
—— absurdity of, [254]
Principles, all, may pass for false impressions, [54]
—— our natural, are but principles of custom, [64]
—— first, are known by the heart, [102]
—— arguments of the sceptics in truth of some, [105]
—— all the, of sceptics, stoics, atheists, are true, but their conclusions are false, [111]
Prison, why so horrible a punishment, [34]
Probability of the Jesuits, influence of the doctrine of, [283]
—— incapable of assuring the conscience, [290]
—— corruptness of the doctrine, [290]
Progress, all that is brought to perfection by, perishes also by it, [57]
—— nature works by, [84]
Promises of God in the Old Testament, each finds in them what he most desires, [162]
Proofs, metaphysical, of God, [92]
—— of our religion not absolutely convincing, but reasonable enough for those who wish to believe, [208]
Prophecies, the strongest proof of Jesus Christ, [131]
—— dispersed with the Jews throughout the world, [131]
—— their preservation and agreement, [131]
—— concerning Messiah, [132]
—— unintelligible to the wicked, [133]
—— understood only when the events occur, [133]
—— accomplished, [140]
—— a proof of divinity, [150]
—— two senses of, [157]
—— confirmed by miracles, [171]
—— special, of Jesus Christ, [217]
Prophecy is not called miracle, [262]
Prophets, their part among the Jews, [123]
—— their words had a double sense, [132]
—— prophesied by figures, [158]
—— their discourses were contradictory, [158]
—— foretold the Christians, [201]
—— what they say of Jesus Christ, [209]
—— declared the advent of Messiah, [213]
—— foretold, and were not foretold, [215]
Propositions, the five, [268]
Provence, [57]
Provincial Letters, censures of the, not founded on tradition, [284]
Pyrenees, [61]
Pyrrhus, [35]
Rabbinism, chronology of, cited from the Pugio Fidei, [195]
Rabbis, proofs given to the Scriptures as to Jesus Christ by the, [157]
—— figures they employ, [170]
—— their doctrines on original sin, [194]
—— their objections against Jesus Christ, [219]
Reason, is the essence of man, [43]
—— the senses deceive the, [51]
—— yields to imagination, [53]
—— internecine war between the passions and, [55]
—— not a guide to first principles, [102]
—— is weak, but would judge of all things, [103]
—— civil war between passion and, [113]
—— its corruption, [185]
—— can truly know ourselves by submission of our, [210]
—— acts slowly, [307]
—— its power over us, [309]
Reasoning, all our, reduced to yielding to feeling, [309]
Redeemer, a, only for Christians, [242]
—— Christian religion consists in the mystery of the, [204]
Redemption, proofs of the, drawn from the wicked and the Jews, [193]
—— not right that all should see, [255]
Red Sea, an image of the Redemption, [161]
Reed, a thinking, [46]
Religion, the true, and its characteristics, [179]
—— explains the contradictions in man, [179]
—— must show knowledge of our nature, [182]
—— the note of true, [182]
—— false proves that there is a true, [260]
—— need to learn the Christian, before assailing it, [3]
—— makes us know deeply the greatness and the baseness of man, [43]
—— what it is, [97]
—— is not certain, [102]
—— more enforced by feeling than by reason, [103]
—— founded on the Jewish religion, [119]
—— divine or ridiculous, [172]
—— excellence of the Christian, [183]
—— others but the Christian, false, [183]
—— wise and foolish, [187]
—— other than Christian, equal man sometimes to God and sometimes to the brutes, [188]
—— perpetuity of the Christian, [197]
—— which has always existed is that which is contrary to nature, [198]
—— we should look to the details of, [312]
—— two ways of urging the truth of our, [251]
—— at once venerable and loveable, [254]
—— miracle the foundation of, [258]
—— the three notes of, [275]
—— Jewish, to be differently regarded in tradition of its sacred books and in the tradition of the people, [115]
—— is the figure of the Messiah, [176]
—— Mahomedan, its foundation, [115]
—— heathen, no foundation, [115]
Religions, pagan, have no marks of truth, [119]
Religions, that there are some lax, this proves nothing against religion, [277]
Repose, men think they seek, but only seek agitation, [34]
Reprobate, all things work for evil for the, [129]
Republic, Christian and Jewish, have only had God for master, [122]
—— —— its laws, [241]
Respect of men for each other, [55]
—— what it is for, [72]
Rest, secret instinct which leads men to seek, [35]
—— complete, is insupportable, why, [40]
Righteous man, the two natures in the, [273]
Rivers are moving roads, [315]
Roannez, M. de, [309]
Roman legislators, [121]
Romans, religion of the, [119]
Rome began to fear Cromwell, [76]
—— chief church of Christ, [136]
—— must not stifle speech, [284]
Royalty, without diversion, is unhappy, [33]
Rule, to judge a work we need a, [305]
—— special and particular, [308]
—— man must have a, of faith, [309]
Ruth, book of, [220]
Sabbath, only a sign, [175]
Sacrifices, exterior, not essential, [138]
—— of the Jews and Gentiles, [140]
—— uselessness of the, [75]
Saints, foretold, but not foretellers, [215]
—— their greatness and their empire, [227]
—— their union, [279]
Salomon de Tultie, pseudonym of Pascal, utility of his manner of writing, [312]
Salvation, Jesus Christ has wrought the, of the just, while they slept, [232]
Savages, [70]
Scaramouch, as an example, [31]
Sceptic, never has been a perfect finished, [106]
Sceptical cabal, [111]
Scepticism, its reasonings, [108]
—— aids religion, [113]
—— remedy for vanity, [206]
—— is true, for men before Jesus Christ knew nothing, [226]
Sceptics, indifference of the, [112]
—— labour in vain, [103]
—— principal arguments of the, drawn from the uncertainty of our natural principles, [105]
—— lesser arguments of the, [106]
Schism, a mark of error, [268]
Science, infinite in its research and its premisses, [21]
—— abstract, not fit for man, [82]
Scripture, knows God better than we, [91]
—— compared to the Koran, difference between the books, [116]
—— has provided passages for all conditions of life, [128]
—— why contrary sentences are found in,
[128]
—— obscure and clear, [129]
—— has two senses, [157]
—— against those who misuse passages of, [166]
—— manner of understanding that contradictory passages of, must agree, [167]
—— superiority of, over the most ancient books of other peoples, [173]
—— preserved by the Jews, and is a witness of their sincerity, [173]
—— full of matters not dictated by the Holy Spirit, [206]
—— without the, we know nothing of the nature of God nor our own nature, [226]
Self, hatred of, necessary, [238]
—— is hateful, [84]
Self-love, its nature, [84]
—— how it should be regulated, [237]
—— source of all confusion, [239]
Seneca, quotations from, [110]
Sensation, no misery apart from, [47]
Sense of the prophecies always the same, [171]
—— there are various kinds of good, [311]
Senses deceive the reason, [51]
Sensuality, men have drawn rules from, [69]
—— manner in which it is used, [70]
Sepulchre of Jesus Christ, [234]
Sermon, how some people listen to the, [316]
Servant, relation to his master, [293]
Shem, [126], [169]
Ship, as an example, [63]
Sibyls, books of the, [174]
Sickness, resignation of man in time of, [74]
Silence is the greatest persecution, [283]
Simplicity of things compared to our double and complex nature, [25]
Sin, all is, that is repugnant to the will of God, [247]
—— original, [192]
—— mystery of the transmission of, [107]
—— foolishness of original, to man, [192]
—— tradition of original, according to the Jews, [194]
Sincerity, a necessary quality of every religion, [182]
Sinners, enemies of God, [165]
Sins, called enemies by David, [171]
—— the two sources of, [241]
Six days and the six ages of the world, [174]
Sleep, life compared to, [105]
Sneezing absorbs all the faculties of the soul, [31]
Society, a beginning of, [56]
Socrates, [218]
Solitude, the pleasure of, incomprehensible, [34]
Sonnet, a bad, comparison of, [302]
Sorbonne, corrupted by the Jesuits, [282]
Soul, immortality of the, [4], [111]
—— is immaterial, [111]
—— how little she knows herself, [112]
Sovereign good, philosophers do not agree as to the, [112]
—— ordinary men's idea of, [112]
Space, numbers imitate, [84]
Spaniards, [66]
Sphere, infinite, [19]
Spirit, of men easily disturbed, [27]
Spongia solis, [83]
State of man, his weakness and uncertainty; nothing so important to man as his condition, [5], [6]
Stoics, [49]
—— what they propose is difficult and idle, [113]
Stream may decide justice or injustice, [66]
Strife alone pleases, not the victory, [39]
Study of man, why so few undertake it, [82]
Style, thoughts on, [301]
—— effect a natural, produces, we find a man instead of an author, [303]
—— examples of bad, [304]
Submission of the reason, only by this can we truly know ourselves, [108], [250]
Suetonius, [221]
Suicide, advised by certain philosophers, [112]
Sun, course of the, [84]
Suns, the five, of Mexico, [118]
Superstition, piety compared with, [251]
Sweden, queen of, [75]
Sword, the right of the, [67]
Symmetry, definition of, [304]
Synagogues, a type of the Church, [176]
Tacitus, [221]
Talmud, its predictions of the Messiah, [152]
—— date of composition of, [196]
Temple, its reprobation prophesied by Jeremiah, [149]
Tennis, [37]
Tertullian, [127]
Testaments, proof of the two, at once, [157]
—— proof that the Old, is figurative, [158]
—— Old and New, their relations, [165]
—— sacrifices and ceremonies of Old, either figures or absurdities, [174]
Thamar, story of, [220]
Theatre, dangers of the, for the Christian soul, [248]
Theology, taken as an example of diversity, [32]
Theresa, Saint, her double greatness, [246]
—— what she was when alive and now, [275]
Thought, greatness of man consists in, [46]
—— makes man's being, [47]
—— the whole dignity of man lies in, [48]
—— great in essence, vile in defects, [48]
Thoughts, spring up by chance, [29]
—— escape us in writing, [29]
Tide of the sea, [84]
Time, our imagination enlarges the present, [56]
Towns through which we pass, [59]
Trades, choice of, [78]
Transmission of sin, without this mystery we could not know ourselves, [107]
Trent, Council of, [291]
Truth, there is no, in man, [19]
—— we hate, and those who tell it us, [85]
—— necessity of seeking, [95]
—— we know, by the heart as well as by reason, [102]
—— is not within our reach, nor to our taste, [107]
—— we have an idea of, which scepticism cannot overcome, [109]
—— has visible signs, [208]
—— makes us free, [245]
—— opposite truth to be remembered with a, [279]
—— unable to know, unless we love truth, [280]
—— the first rule and ultimate end of things, [281]
Truths of religion, necessity of seeking, [3]
Turk, the Grand, [53]
Turks, their example alleged by the wicked, [211]
—— miracles of the, [258]
—— grand sultan of the, [80]
Twelve tables, law of the, [121]
Types in general, their lawfulness, [157]
—— unintelligible to the Jews and bad Christians, [158]
—— understood only in the fulness of time, [158]
—— compared to a portrait, [159]
—— the word of God false literally, true spiritually, [159]
—— of Old Testament only figures, [162]
—— the reason of, [162]
—— of Christ, [165]
—— different kinds of, some seem far-fetched, [165]
—— reason for the use of, [170]
—— of Old Testament either figures or absurdities, [174]
—— made according to the truth, [176]
—— particular, [176]
—— the utility of, [216]
Tyranny, in what it consists, [68]
Unbelievers, we should pity them, [253]
—— useful for the glory of religion, [203]
—— revile that which they do not understand, [204]
Uncertainty, what we do for an, [102]
—— of condition of man, [23]
Understanding, greatness of men of, invisible to the great, [227]
Unhappiness natural to man's condition, makes him seek diversion, [33]
—— proof of man's, [73]
Union of mind and body a mystery to man, [28]
—— of the Word to man, [299]
Universe, how inferior and superior to man, [46]
—— the whole, teaches man, either of his corruptness or redemption, [192]
Usurpation of the whole earth, beginning and image of, [68]
Vacuum, an example taken from our notion of, [54]
—— absurdity of the saying that nature abhors a, [313]
Vanity of pleasure, [5]
Vatable, [269], [270]
Venice, the Jesuits and, [283]
Vespasian, persecution of, [127]
—— miracles of, [271]
Vices, why we are indulgent to the, of the great, [74]
—— certain, have hold on us only by means of others, [77]
Victory pleases less than strife, why, [39]
Virgin birth, weakness of the argument against the, [223]
Virtue may be excessive, [30]
—— is the result of two opposite vices in counterpoise, [30]
Vocations, [59]
War, why men seek, [34]
—— internecine, in man, between the reason and his passions, [55]
—— civil, is the worst of evils, [63], [70]
—— decided by an interested party, [66]
Weakness of man, [28], [66]
—— —— cause of so many esteemed beauties, [72]
—— unrest, and defects of man, [73]
Weariness of Jesus, [232]
—— inevitable in all conditions, [35]
—— is man's most sensible evil and his greatest good, [39]
—— arises from loss of occupation, [40]
Well dressed, not altogether foolish to be, [70]
Wicked, the, reasoning of, in the Book of Wisdom, [240]
—— prove the corruption of human nature by their conduct, [191]
—— who profess to follow reason, [211]
Will, difference between the actions of the, and other actions, [129]
—— is depraved in wishing for the love of others, [239]
—— self, we must renounce it in order to be happy, [240]
—— of God, we should judge of what is good or bad according to the, [244]
—— one of the principal organs of belief, [307]
Wine, too much and too little, [29]
Wisdom, greatness of, invisible to the carnal, [227]
—— God alone gives, [243]
Words, meaning changes according to the, [129]
World, vanity of the, [48]
—— judges things rightly, [83]
—— avoids thinking of what it does not choose to think about, [102]
—— indicates the presence of a God who hides himself, [209]
—— would not exist without Jesus Christ, [226]
—— difference in living according to the, and to God, [248]
—— is full of good maxims, we only need their right application, [314]
Worshippers, unknown, [280]
Worthlessness of man, [13]
Xerxes, [144]
Zeal of the Jewish people, [122]
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